Donald Trump health summary on Dr Oz chat show: high testosterone and a good golf swing

Donald Trump, the US Republican presidential nominee, reportedly revealed that he has high testosterone levels and is borderline obese during a discussion of his recent medical examination for a television chat show.

He was interviewed on Wednesday by Mehmet Oz, host of the Dr Oz show, about the health check-up results and his diet and exercise routines.

The interview will air on Thursday, but attendees of the taping said Mr Trump discussed his desire to lose 15 to 20 pounds.

He also reportedly said he does not exercise, but is so good at golf that he could play professionally. He used to have high cholesterol, audience members relayed, but was put on a Statin drug to bring it down to its current, healthy level.

Mr Trump has a body mass index (BMI) of 30, according to the audience members. A BMI of 25-29 is considered overweight, while a BMI of 30 or above is considered obese according to the NHS

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Mr Trump had previously admitted to regularly eating fast food, and reportedly said in the interview that he tells the staff member picking up his order not to reveal who it is for out of fear it might be tampered with.

The exam also reportedly showed Mr Trump has high levels of testosterone, the hormone which affects sex drive as well as physical characteristics like muscle mass.

In a display either of showmanship or disorganisation, the Trump campaign reversed itself twice on Wednesday over whether he would turn the exam results over to Dr Oz.

The campaign had initially backed away from a plan to do so, leading to instantaneous speculation that there was something in the results that Mr Trump wanted to hide.

It was administered by Harold Bornstein, the doctor who penned a widely-ridiculed letter in December proclaiming that Mr Trump would be "the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency". He later said he wrote it in five minutes without giving it much thought.

Mr Trump pledged to make the results of his exam public “when the numbers come in", saying he was “very confident” that they will show him to be in good health.

As Mr Trump was focusing on fitness, New York's attorney general announced he was looking into possible "impropriety" at the Trump Foundation following allegations that it spent $12,000 to buy an autographed American football helmet, and $20,000 on a 6ft-tall portrait of the billionaire himself.

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The inquiry was also believed to be centring on a $25,000 donation Mr Trump's charity made to a political group supporting Florida's attorney general Pam Bondi, who later decided not to investigate fraud allegations against Trump University, the now defunct business education venture.

Eric Schneiderman, the New York attorney general, said: "We have been concerned that the Trump Foundation may have engaged in some impropriety.”

Steven Cheung, a spokesman for Mr Trump, dismissed the latest allegations about the Trump Foundation as a "left-wing hit job".

He called Mr Schneiderman a "partisan hack who has turned a blind eye to the Clinton Foundation for years".